This has been a busy and fun couple of weeks between gearing up for my cover reveal and keeping up with the social media. Just wanted to update you on my latest news. So here goes!

I had my first book cover reveal! It was a Facebook Event on July 23rd and featured 10 other authors. I wish I knew about these events earlier - they are great places to meet other authors and readers.

I have started a new blog series titled, "My First Book Cover Reveal." This series gives you insight on what it was like during my first cover reveal and my posts. The first two posts are on my blog and I'll continue the blog through the next few weeks. See this past week's past blogs or click on the "First Book Cover Reveal" tab in the sidebar.

I joined Google+! Wow, what a dynamic platform! I just love the layout and the opportunities to join book clubs to spread the word on my novel. Check it out at Sandie Will at Google+.

I was interviewed by our communications department at my job and they are featuring my book in the newsletter this Monday. I saw a preview of it yesterday and it came out great. It gives some insight into why I write and my book news. I'm honored that they chose me for it and are supporting my work. Means so much!

Well, that's all the novel news for this edition! Look for my next newsletter next weekend. ​Take care and have fun! --Sandie

Hi there - this is the second blog for the "My First Book Cover Reveal" series. A few days ago, I began this series with some lessons learned during my first cover reveal, and my first cover reveal post. My thought was to share all the posts so that new authors would have an idea of what to use as material during a cover reveal, and for my readers to gain insight on me and my book - THE CAGING AT DEADWATER MANOR. This would have helped me tremendously, because I had no clue about what to post before starting. Luckily, the authors before me were experienced and I could get the hang of it before I was up.

Today, I'm posting my second post during the cover reveal. This post includes the blurb that will be on the back of the book, as well as the question, "What would you do if you were trapped (in a psychiatric hospital)?" The responses were primarily that most people would stay quiet and out of the way.

​What would you do?

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POST #2 - COVER REVEAL FOR THE CAGING AT DEADWATER MANOR

THE CAGING AT DEADWATER MANOR is a YA psychological thriller set along the Gulf Coast here in Florida. It’s my debut due to be released in late 2016 from Caliburn Press. I started writing novels about 8 years ago. During the day, I work as a geologist/manager and at nights and on weekends I spend a lot of time writing and doing social media.

Here’s the book blurb:

On a cold, January evening, fourteen-year-old Jeannie Kynde is told that her beloved mother drowned in the murky waters along Florida’s Gulf Coast. Her distraught father turns on Jeannie, no longer the caring father she once knew. Four years later, Jeannie is finally old enough to escape her father’s clutches, but he has different plans. He imprisons her at Deadwater Manor, a psychiatric hospital with an unscrupulous past. Will she be locked away forever?

Yesterday was my book cover reveal for THE CAGING AT DEADWATER MANOR. It was a Facebook event (you can set these up in the "Events" area) and author takeover. This consisted of authors posting links, pictures and videos throughout a predetermined timeslot. You can do a live feed if you wish also.

There were about 10 authors who hosted one-hour slots to promote their books and other work. All authors were invited by me or another author. The authors had fantastic giveaways include free books and gifts. The event started at 10 a.m. and I had the last slot from 8- 9 p.m, for the cover reveal. I also ended up doing a trailer reveal which worked out great.

Here's the link to the event (you'll need to click on "going" to view all the posts):https://www.facebook.com/events/1558387821132498

Here are some lessons learned:

Make sure you set the event as public when the event is set up - otherwise you'll need to open another event which could make you lose potential attendees who already signed up.

Tell those you invite that they must hit the "going" button to see the posts. Not sure if they can see them if they respond as "interested."

Keep posts at least 5 minutes apart (don't post too fast).

Engage with your audience. It's hard when you're setting up new posts, so have them prepared to cut and paste into posts beforehand.

Have a backup plan for any authors who can't attend during their time slot or are late.

Since I'm not sure how long the posts will be available, I thought I'd start transferring some of mine to this blog page in case you missed the event. This way, if you've never done a cover reveal before, you can see some examples to follow. For those readers who are not authors, this will give you more information about me and my writing!

First post of the evening. My thought on this was to do an introduction, thanking everyone from the day and showing my professional pictures, so people know what I look like. Also, I think professional pictures are important to do for promotions and the back and inside covers, if you can.

*********************************************​POST #1: COVER REVEAL FOR THE CAGING AT DEADWATER MANOR​Hi everybody! Thanks so much for joining in on my one-hour live event for the cover reveal of THE CAGING AT DEADWATER MANOR! I’m so excited to be here and I want to thank all the authors who helped make this day so special by participating in their live events all day too! Stay tuned until the end because I’m going to show my very first book trailer!

Here are a couple of my author photos taken by Jaimi Weatherspoon with Essential~Special Moments Photography. I just love them and use them in a lot of my social media outlets. I can't say enough about getting professional pictures done!

How’s everyone doing tonight and where are you from?

I'll be back again with some of my other posts for the cover reveal in future blogs. In the meantime, good luck with any upcoming book releases to all you authors out there and thank you for stopping by to all of my readers!

Book Trailer

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Sandie Will is an author who has a new YA psychological thriller - The Caging at Deadwater Manor. She is an avid blogger on this website as well as her science blog. She can be found on Twitter as @SandieWillBooks and @RockHeadScience, as well as her Facebook page at Sandie Will, Author.

"Enthusiasm with a scientist's rigor and a dollop of fun." --Rachel Stirling @Stirlingwriter